Who Was Alive

Were Tigranes the Great and Virgil alive at the same time?

Yes. Tigranes the Great and Virgil were alive at the same time for 14 or 15 years, from 70 BC to BC.

Tigranes the Great was 69 or 70 when Virgil was born.

Virgil was 14 or 15 when Tigranes the Great died.

Tigranes the Great

Tigranes the Great

King of Armenia

Born 140 BC · died 55 BC

Virgil

Virgil

Roman poet

Born 15 October 70 BC · died 21 September 19 BC, aged 50

  1. Tigranes the Great, 140–BC
  2. Cicero, 106–43 BC
  3. Julius Caesar, 100–44 BC
  4. Cleopatra, c. 69 – 30 BC
  5. Virgil, 70–19 BC
  6. Augustus, 63 BC – AD 14
  7. Ovid, 43 BC – AD 17

Tigranes the Great and Virgil in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Tigranes the Great and Virgil were born

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